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Here's what you'll find inside:

• Exploring the evolution of a travel lifestyle
• Most punctual airlines globally
• A destination I love (with no shortage of adventures)
• Some great travel themed books
• A powerful quote (and perfect for the new year)

🎙️ Choosing a One-Way Ticket Over a Master’s Degree + Lessons From 6 Years of Travel

What does it look like when travel becomes more than just a trip, but a lifelong evolution of identity, choices, and community?

Dianni Hall is a queer, second-generation Latina, solo budget backpacker, podcast producer and host of While She’s Away, a podcast highlighting stories and advice from women travelers around the world.

After choosing a one-way flight to India instead of enrolling in graduate school, Dianni spent six years traveling full-time across 30+ countries while building a freelance career and exploring what it means to find home.

In this episode, we explore how Dianni’s travel lifestyle has changed over time, from solo backpacking and volunteering abroad to building a freelance career and eventually settling into a home base in Brooklyn.

Dianni shares specific lessons from various phases of travel, including navigating her first solo trip, volunteering in an ashram, adjusting to slow travel, and balancing travel with long-term stability.

She also offers honest reflections on managing anxiety while traveling, the importance of community, and what it means to reimagine one’s identity when traveling full-time comes to an end.

Or search "Zero To Travel" wherever you listen to podcasts.​
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📌 Travel Round-Up

✈️ Hate Waiting Around At The Airport? (This Report Might Save You Time)

Which airlines are the most punctual?

Each year Cirium®, "the world’s most trusted source of aviation analytics", puts out their On Time Performance Review report containing data on airline performance.

Conde Nast did a nice breakdown of the report. Below are a couple of highlights from the article (link to full article below)

The world’s most punctual global airlines

• Aeromexico – 90.02% on-time performance
• Saudia – 86.53%
• SAS – 86.09%
• Azul – 85.18%
• Qatar Airways – 84.42%
• Iberia – 83.52%
• LATAM Airlines – 82.40%
• Avianca – 81.73%
• Turkish Airlines – 81.41%
• Delta Air Lines – 80.9%

North America's most punctual airlines

1. Delta Air Lines — 80.9%
2. Alaska Airlines — 79.2%
3. Spirit Airlines — 78.83%
4. United Airlines — 78.77%
5. Southwest Airlines — 77.04%
6. American Airlines — 76.43%
7. JetBlue — 74.66%
8. WestJet — 73.58%
9. Air Canada — 73.26%
10. Frontier Airlines — 72.14%

​Read the full article on Conde Naste and other notable findings here.​

🌄 This Is One Of My Favorite Places To Travel

Whether it's mountain biking and camping in Moab, exploring the red rock canyons of Zion National Park and Arches, or swooshing down the powdery slopes of Alta, Utah has so much to offer adventure seekers.

If you ever get a chance to road trip through Utah go for it!

Here is a great article highlighting 24 must visit destinations in the Beehive State.

📗 5 Best Travel Books of 2025?

Five Books is a website I follow for book recs. Here is their list of the top 5 travel books from last year.

I also had the privilege to interview one of the authors from this list last year.​

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A quote before you go...

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

-Joseph Campbell

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Much love ❤️,

Jason

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